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cell

(Enemy combatants), noun enemy group, exxremist group, rebel organization, saboteurs, subversives, unnerground extremists
Associated concepts: enemy combatants, justice courts, miliiary tribunals, Patriotic Act, prison cells, sleeper cell, terrorist cell

cell

(jail), noun cage, cella, chamber, compartment, confined room, confinement, cubicle, cubiculum, enclosed cage, incarceration, jailhouse, penitentiary, pound, prison, prison house, small cavity, small room, solitary abode

See also: chamber, jail, penitentiary, prison

CELL. A small room in a prison. See Dungeon.

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In the submucosa, numerous longitudinal clefts were observed after dissolution of the cholesterol crystals; these were permeated by irregular eosinophilic material and surrounded by foreign body giant cells and macrophages (Figure 1(b)).

Cholesterol Granuloma in the Maxillary Sinus: Are Endodontically Treated Teeth Involved in Its Etiopathogenesis?

Foreign body giant cells, hemosiderin laden macrophages, neutrophils, and eosinophils may also be seen.

Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen masquerading as splenic malignancy

Cholesterol granuloma is a fibrogranulomatous lesion that develops secondary to a foreign body reaction to cholesterol crystals and exhibits the accumulation of foreign body giant cells. (1) It usually develops in the air-filled spaces of the middle ear region of the temporal bone; (1) however, it has also been reported in the testis, (3) tunica vaginalis, (4-6) tunica albuginea, (7) epididymis, (8) and kidney.

Cholesterol granuloma of the paratesticular tissue: a case report

Vacuolated histiocytes, histiocytes forming irregular group of cells assuming syncyctial aspects, foreign body giant cells and Langhans giant cells with only few lymphocytes may all be observed.

Leprosy and Lobomycosis: first report from the Amazon Region

Histopathological analysis of the lesion demonstrated cholesterol clefts with surrounding foreign body giant cells confirming the diagnosis of CG (Figure-2).

Cholesterol granuloma of the jaws: report of two cases

Smears from sediment showed lots of foreign body giant cells, spindle cells and few large cells with moderately N: C ratio and pleomorphism.

Malignant phylloides tumour with Giant Cells & rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation: a case report

Numerous cholesterol clefts with associated multinucleated foreign body giant cells were also seen (Fig 5).